Aleh Bolatau
sentenced to 3 1/2 years of imprisonment
Date of detention: 24 April 2022
Charges indicted:
Art. 370 of the Criminal Code — Desecration of state symbols
Art. 368 of the Criminal Code — Insulting the President of the Republic of Belarus
Art. 367 of the Criminal Code — Slander against the President of the Republic of Belarus
Sentence: 3 1/2 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony
Judge: Marharyta Lantsevich
Aleh Bolatau is a citizen of Russia. He is charged under Article 367 ('Slander against the President of Belarus'), Article 368 ('Contempt of the President of Belarus'), and Article 370 ('Desecration of the state symbols') of the Criminal Code.
On December 27, 2022, in the Kastryčnicki District Court of Hrodna, Judge Marharyta Lantsevich sentenced Aleh Bolatau to 3 years and 6 months of imprisonment in a general-security penal colony.
He is now in Prison #1 in Hrodna.
